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'. THE WORLDS RICHEST MOTORCYCLE RACE RACE DATES & TIMES The THQ U.S. Open October 12th - Friday show starts at8P M October 13th - Saturday show starts at 8P M Amateur Arenacross World Finals O ctober 14 - Sunday races start at 2PM th G - VENUE TheMGM G rand Hotel and Casino 3799 LasVegas Boulevard S. LasVegas, Nevada 702-891 -11 11 for R eservations t· TICKETS ON SALE NOW! ... All seats are reserved.Ticket prices are avai lable in $100, $60 and $20 sections. Kids under twelve are HALF PRICE in the $60 and $20 sections only. Sunday'sArenacross tickets are now on salefor $25. tic e l7JBster • All tickets are available for purchase at the MGM Grand G arden Arena Box Office. • Ticketrnasterlocations including Smith's Food King,Tower R ecords, R obinson 's May, Odyssey Records, R itmo Latino and Wherehouse R ecords. For Ticketmasterplease call 702-474-4000 or purchase direct on the web at www.ticketmaster. com •C haparral Motorsports also has tickets! P lease call 800-841-2960. PIT PASSES are avai lable only on October 12, 13and 14 atthe MGM G rand G arden Arena Box O ffice located inside the MGM H otel. Cost is $25 for all three days. SAVl BIG .1 THO u.s. OPEN PRO RACE By invitation only... the very best supercross riders intheworld are invited to attend the R ichest Motorcycle Race In The W orld! Last year's THO U.S. Open C hampion, Ricky Carmichael, took home over $11 4,000 in purse and THO bonus money! Kevin Windham's second place finish earned him $35,000 and Mike laRocco banked $20,000 for third. Thisyear, the Pros will be racing on F riday and S aturday nights and the recently =-~ "~~ ..~ - ' ''~ ""'. e.-~I t?·k. ...........,. ~. ~ I " - - -- .. , ... .. ~.m~ ~ ~ ~ I - .. I OQ. (J(J/; J 'J).,'-. ~ ~ .,r~ I p crowned 2001 Supercross C hampion is invited back to defend his title. Also,1 25cc E Supercross Champion, ast Travis Pastrana, WILL be theretotake on RC and take home his share ofthe purse. TheTH OU.S. Open isthe only race intheworld where your seats put you this close tothe action. And where better to hang out between motos than LasV egas, the city that never sleeps.TheTHOU.S. O is pen more than a race... it's an event... it's an industry happeningI WHITE BROTHERS FOUR-STROKE SHOOT OUT U nquestionably the hottest four-stroke race on the planet. Last year's winner, Kelly Smith, took it right down to the wire with Oamon Bradshaw in a "No-H Barred" olds brawl that saw the dirt-pounding thu mpers go head-to-head in a four-moto formatwith lap times close to those ofthe Pros. Both riders are invited back for 2001 along with a cast of the top four-stroke muggers inthe business...all performingon thetrickest four-stroke machinery ....... the factories can bolt together. PRO CIRCUIT MINI INVITATIONAL If you're twelveyears oldand race motocross, you already know that the Pro Circuit Mini Invitational istheone race you want to make sure to qualify for. ~ It's not easy to fJ make it to the "big time," though. F irst you must qualify locally, competing against thousands of kids across the country for that prestigious trip to the Loretta L ynn'sAmateur Nationals. Next you need to make sure you finish inthe top twelve of the 12-1 3 85cc Stock C lass.Then and onlythen will you getinvitedto be part of the greatest show in motocross. Previous winners include Kyle C hisholmfrom 2000, James S tewartin 1999 and Jonathan Shimp in 1998. ENGINE ICE 125cc AMATUER'S CUP Six Manufacturers. Twe lve riders! The newest addition and one ofthe most anticipated races ofthe weekend will be the E ngine Ice 125cc Amateur's Cup. H ere's how it works... Kawasaki, Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM and H usqvarna each get to invite two oftheir top 125cc amateur riders to line up atthe twelve man gate. vvvvvv. The rules are simple... each rider must be at least 15 years of age and no older than 17 (under 18) as of race date O ctober 12, 2001 and must never have ridden an AMA or FIM Supercross. O yeah... only h 125cc two-snokes are allowed. James "Bubba" Stewart has been invited to competeforwhat might possibly be his last Amateurrace before turning Pro. If youthink you have what it takes tocompete, we suggestyou start calling your manufacturer now' KTM MINI CHALLENGE The crowd favorite atany supercross event has to be the little kids on those KTMs. W we are ell, bringing them to "The Open." In fact, we are bringing the winner from each of the 2001 supercross rounds to theTHO U.S. Open to decide who is the fastest pee-wee in the country. The KTM Mini C hallengewill race once on Friday and once on Saturday ina two-moto format. The winner gets to claimhonors as the "fastest 50" in the country and the KTM Junior Supercross Challenge Champion. A LONGER TRACK DESIGN And more challenging! H didwe do it? ow E R asy! etract a few rows ofseats. Move the start gate overto the side... throw inan over under bridge and "V oila!" W have a brand e new track design. Don't worry, the gnarly hoop section will still be there.And yes, we do take the riders out ofthearena and back in like years past. And spectatorviewing is still the best available inthe sport. Plus... you are insidethe MGM Grand Arena. The same venue where the R olling Stones perform , Jimmy Buffett sings and Mike Tyson does his best H annibal Lector imitation. W more could you ask for? hat RESERVE YOUR SEATS AND BOOK YOUR HOTEL NOW! Check out the seating chart below and order your tickets today. Then get on the phone and reserve your room in LasV egas now for the most complete weekend of racing ever! THE THQ U.S. OPEN IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THESE FINE SPONSORS ALPINESTARS FREESTYLE EXHIBITION ,it/'7 (V7,/ p ~JJiJ f 15§--,.i C I{ E A T I V E Heyl W hat's a motorcycle racewithout some ~ Freestylers? W we're not talkin' just your ell, ~ , ££."1 1 jp(l lAl UlD average freestylers, how about loop king Carey Hart, for starters. The first and only manto complete afull 360"flip on amotorcyInvited Riders Include... cle. Add to the program the recent W inter Ricky Carmichael X ames winner, "Mad" MikeJones, -G Travis Pastrana, Mike LaRocco, and it'sa "No Brainer" why the Jeremy McGrath Ezra Lusk, , Alpinestars Freestyle -~~ i!!l;.,.. ,,..4 Kevin Windham, Tim Ferry, E xhibition is such a Sebastian Tortelli, Emesto Fonseca , popularevent. iJItaer AMATEUR ARENACROSS WORLD FINALS Another first for the THOU.S. Open weekend.The Amateur Arenacross World F inals are a stand alone event that takes place on Sunday, completing three days of racing. 288 ofthe top, pre-qualified, Amateur Arenacross racers are invited to race on the same track as the Pros did thetwo days previous. Three riders from 16 different classes fromsix different regions across the country.Theformat will be similarto the Sunday events typically heldat Arenacross events. Imagine the thrill ofcompetingfor national honors in LasVegas on the THOU.S. Open track.You can bet that the competition will be at an all time high guaranteeing some ofthe top amateur racing action ever seen! L l S S X . CO......, Stephane Roncada, Nathan R amsey, Buddy Antunez Damon Huffman, , D avid Vuillemin and more...